Doctor Who: Missing Pieces, (Jamie/Victoria, Two/Jamie if you squint), PG-13.

[van]

Title: Missing Pieces
Author: Van Donovan / vandonovan
Characters: The second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield.
Pairing(s): unrequited Jamie/Victoria (unrequited Two/Jamie if you squint)
Rating: PG, for language.
Word Count: approx. 8,867
Warnings: Spoilers for "Fury From the Deep."
Summary: Things aren't the way Jamie remembers.
Note: Set in "

Comments

[bibliophile1887]

YAY for The Web Planet mention! Woot!!

Great fic, Van! Well done. I'm still a little unsure about the whole 6B thing, and I certainly don't care for 6B Jamie, but it's a lovely fic, regardless.

I shall have to post mine this evening.

[van]

Hahahaha, I thought you'd get a kick out of The Web Planet. I figured he needed to sell a story that didn't involve Jamie and figured bugs would appeal to a little boy, hahahaha.

As for Season 6B, this sort of has to discount "The Two Doctors" which is ironically stupid because it's "The Two Doctors" that brought Season 6B to life in the first place, hahahaha. But I'm glad you like it. Poor Season 6B Jamie is just tempermental and confused--he gets better, I promise. This is just very early on, before he remembers everything properly, hahaha.

Am most eager to read yours. :D Yay for Victoria getting fic!

[bibliophile1887]

It's just hard to see the Doctor so hurt, because it's obvious he still loves Jamie. And Jamie is just terribly oblivious.

Lith said my fic was "in character" which is a good thing, as I was winging it. I was a little worried that I was too far to the "right" with Victoria. But then I do manage to turn her into a little slut, so it's all good. :D

[sushigal007]

Oh I want to hug them all. It's darling, it really is. And Kemal! I'm going to pretend this happens after Downtime and that Victoria lives happily ever after. ^^

[van]

Hahahaha, I was actually thinking that this took place before Downtime, hahaaha, but I could see it happening after, I guess. If you think she looks younger than 30 in "Downtime" hahahaha. I sort of think she starts a downward spiral after this and wishes she'd taken Jamie up on his offer. But I'm evil and like the tragedy, hahaha. Anyway, I'm glad you like it. They really do all need hugs.

[jedi_penguin]

Oh. This was lovely and agonizing at the same time. Victoria trying to avoid the ghosts of her past, the Doctor longing for the relationship he used to have and knowing that he's never going to have it again, and Jamie, completely oblivious to the devastation he's wreaking in his friends. It would be easy to paint Jamie as the villain in this piece, but you've done such an excellent job of showing his confusion and incomprehension that somehow he just feels like another piece in the tragedy.

This is a wonderful story and I enjoyed it quite a lot.

[van]

Thank you! I was a bit worried about Jamie seeming too cruel or out of character, but it was my intention to show him just the same as always, just confused and trying desperately to reclaim what he had in the past, and utterly failing to, because he doesn't remember exactly what he had . . . I'm quite tempted to write a sequel, someday, where he remembers more of his adventures and affections for the Doctor, if just to sort of patch this up. He might not ever be the same, but I do think that if he remembered more, he could be more like he was--at least trusting of the Doctor, more, etc.

Anyway, thank you!

[lilacfree]

Great job. I appreciated how the emotional situation was handled--no backing off from the complexity.

[van]

Thank you very much. It went on for a bit longer than I expected, trying to get all the high and low points I wanted to it. I'm glad it worked for you!

[muskratio]

Oh, this is sweet and sad and awwww, poor Jamie! SUCH an interesting premise. Like, really, season 6B FTW, and I'd always thought it was a little random of Victoria to just stay in a strange place with people she barely knew, so it's great to see something of what might've ended up happening to her. (: I loved the Doctor trying to mediate and subtly convince Jamie to let it go... and his reluctance about everything, but he still allowed Jamie to do what he wanted. And everyone was beautifully in character. Jamie's trying his best to cling to what memories he's got and it's absolutely heartbreaking. :D
Awwwwwwww, the last paragraph. Love.

[van]

Awww, yay, thank you. This was a fic I rather liked, as it got a bit out of hand as I was writing it, but I really like where it went, but which I don't think a lot of people read, because no one reads Jamie/Victoria and it's all just a bit weird. So yay, thanks for reading it, and I'm glad you liked it. And Season 6B FTW and yeah, it's emo. I have some ideas on how a sequel to this might go. If I ever get around to it. We'll see, haha.

I love the serial Victoria left in, and while I don't entirely understand why she'd choose to stay THERE, I totally understand that she choose to leave. So, it was a lot of fun to go back and see how she's survived etc., after all that. And I can see some of these events leading into the episode "Downtime" if you've seen that at all.

[muskratio]

Aww, I think Jamie/Victoria is sweet. :D And haha, I can't decide what I'm most hoping you'll write next. XD

Yeah, same here. Fury is awesome, but that just seemed so random. I mean, she could've just stayed in te TARDIS and not gone outside until she found somewhere more suitable to stay or I don't know. XD And nope, I haven't seen it... I'm still working my way through them all. @_@